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I'm currently an application engineer at palmOne.
My twin brother Peter also works at palmOne. I used to work at PalmSource. Peter and I were featured in Palm's
spotlight.
I got into Smalltalk at Carleton
University in Ottawa,
Canada. I grew to appreciate the more complete, if sometimes overly
complex, Smalltalk-80 class library over that of Digitalk's Smalltalk/V.
With the introduction of host windows in ObjectWorks, and then emulated
host widgets in VisualWorks, I've often yearned for the "good old days".
So Disney's Squeak project
definitely interests me, although I wish it ran faster. I worked with SELF
for my thesis, and have long wished that similar VM technology would make
it to Smalltalk. Now that Sun is running
the project, maybe we'll see this technology in JavaTM
VMs.
I started having RSI problems a while back, so I've experimented with different
input devices. I currently use the Kinesis
Essential MPC keyboard (which works on both Macs and PCs). I learned how
to touch type on it, and now I'm both faster and more relaxed. I have dual
Qwerty/Dvorak keycaps, but I haven't taken the time to learn the Dvorak
layout yet. I also have a BAT keyboard from InfoGrip,
but I prefer the Kinesis. I use an Anir
mouse. This mouse looks like a joystick but you slide it around like a
regular mouse. The advantage is that you use your whole arm rather than
your wrist to move around and you use your thumb rather than your fingers
to click. I also have a glidepoint pointing device, but I prefer the Anir.
Last updated November 5, 2003.